Smash Bros. Creators Behind New TMNT Game

The Opposable Thumbs blog reports that work is underway on a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for the Wii. They note that "Game Arts, the developer for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, will be creating the four-player action title for Ubisoft." According to the press release, the game is set to launch in late 2009 to celebrate 25 years of the TMNT franchise. The game won't be tied to any particular movie or TV series.

Unfortunately that does not mean quality

[Opportunist]

Time and again it's been shown that good devs don't automatically mean good game. A lot of the quality lies on the shoulders of the beancounters. Namely, how much time (and thus money) are they willing to throw at the game? Nintendo really didn't want its Mario franchise get polluted with a crappy game (not that it never happened before, but they at least TRY to avoid it). The train of reason is plain simple: Good franchise, good games, people buy without hesitation. Don't ruin it by releasing crap, or people will not buy without first trying to find out whether it's worth it.

TMNT is no game franchise, no name to be wasted. So it comes down to whether the beancounters want the game to be a quick buck or a foundation for further games.

Re:Unfortunately that does not mean quality

[Sterrance]

Well many people in their 20s to early 30s have great memories playing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade games. So the franchise definitely has an audience in younger kids and the MTV Generation.

Half and half

[SuperBry]

If this game is half as fun as TMNT: Turtles in Time and half as easy to pick up and play as Brawl it will be one of the best games on the Wii and probably be one of my all time favorites.